In today's Leader Telegram it was noted that Wisconsin's program of medical assistance for childless adults will stop enrolling people at the end of this week, because they money is running out. After that, people will be put on a waiting list. The article quoted Wisconsin's governor who "said Monday that the demand for Medicaid-funded BadgerCare Plus Core Plan demonstrates the need for national health care reform." Wisconsin provides state program financing such that only 2% of the population would not be eligible for some kind of health insurance coverage.
Of course, Wisconsin is only one state. And there are 49 others. All have different programs, private health insurers, medical assistance programs and so on. What if the post office were run that way?
May we as a nation come to our senses and provide the comprehensive health care coverage other industrialized nations have provided for many years. May we ordinary citizens be empowered to cut through the fog surrounding this issue and demand a relatively simple plan that covers everyone who wants and needs coverage. Being able to opt for a "Medicare for all" plan would be much simpler and easier to implement than the crazy quilt system we now have or the patchwork plans offered by policymakers who are in debt to large insurance companies and pharmaceutical companies.
Our currency states "In God We Trust" - May it be so! May we trust in God, the sacred, the holy, enough, and gather the will to see that everyone in this country may have health care coverage, that medical care becomes about the care itself, not the money.
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